Pakistan

Killing of al-Zawahiri: U.S. Counter-terrorism Operations, Future of Al Qaeda and Implications for Taliban, Pakistan, other Stakeholders and India

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… al-Zawahiri’s killing could be the beginning of a new road instead of its end, depending on how the Taliban evolves from here ... Taliban is caught between devil and deep-sea ... There is enormous pressures from international community ... Will Taliban reconstruct Afghanistan or spread jihad and harbour the global Al Qaeda groups?

December 21, 2022 DownloadMonograph

Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, al-Zawahiri, Counter terrorism, Pakistan, Stakeholders, Taliban, Taliban rule, US intelligence operation, Neighbourhood Studies

India's Relations with its SAARC Neighbours

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India's relations with its SAARC neighbours have, over the decades, oscillated from very good to stressed barring Pakistan and Bhutan. With the former they have generally been very bad and with the latter very good. With the rest, notably Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, they have seen many ups and downs.

July 23, 2019 DownloadMonograph

Tags: Bangladesh, India Relations with its SAARC Neighbours, Maldives, Maps, neighbours, Pakistan, SAARC, SAARC neighbours, Srilanka, Neighbourhood Studies

India: Strategic Challenges and Responses

Amb Kanwal Sibal

Introduction The above subject has been primarily dealt from the foreign policy and security point of view. Many believe that strategic challenges should now include those relating to energy, environment, population, food, health, climate change and the like.

April 16, 2013 DownloadMonograph

Tags: India foreign policy, Islamic Challenge, Pakistan, Strategic Challenges, Terrorism, International Relations and Diplomacy